BlockFrom the record
One of 37 National Register listings published here for Habersham County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Cornelia Community House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. U.S. 123 at LaVista Lane, Cornelia, 30531
- When was it listed? June 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Cornelia
- National Register reference number. 82002445 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
243 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Cornelia Community House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 39 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 130 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BANKS-001 |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HABERSHAM-013 |
| 3 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HABERSHAM-001 |
| 29 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cornelia Community House: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.P.Fort Property | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Piedmont College Farm | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stamborough Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornelia, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Cornelia | $500,000 | A tornado touched down and destroyed one brick home, three mobile homes, one business and moderately damaged three additional homes. The three homes moderately damaged suffered primarily roof and glass damage. Also, several trees were snapped midway from the crown and numerous power lines were downed from the tornadic winds. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | $100,000 | Damage, reported as moderate to major, to 8 buildings, mainly around the Lakeview Heights section between Cornelia and Mt Airy. Numerous trees were either uprooted or had their tops blown out. Several trees fell on homes and power lines. |
| February 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Cornelia | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Cornelia | $2,000 | This tornado blew down numerous trees and power lines along its 2-mile track. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | $500 | A few large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Cornelia | - | County comms reported quarter size hail in the town of Cornelia. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Cornelia | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cornelia | - | Public reported lots of 3/4 inch hail between Mt Airy and Demorest. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Cornelia | - | Radio station reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | - | County comms reported trees blown down on Locke Rd and on Chase Rd on the north side of Cornelia. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cornelia | - | Public reported up to half dollar size hail near Alto. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cornelia | - | Multiple public reports of dime to nickel size hail were received from the Alto area, including one report on Nantucket Dr (6 WSW Cornelia). |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Cornelia | - | Flooding along South Fork Mud Creek caused water to pool to waist-depth on Hoyt St in Cornelia. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | - | Trees were blown down in the Cornelia area. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | - | A large tree, some large limbs, and power lines were blown down between Cornelia and Mt Airy. |
| January 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | - | Four to five large pine trees blown down on Crane Mill Rd. Also, power lines were blown down in Mt Airy and in Cornelia. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Cornelia | - | Mainly dime sized hail with a few larger stones. |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Cornelia | - | Lightning struck a building, igniting a fire that gutted the building. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Cornelia | - | Hail ranged in size from quarters to golfballs. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | - | A few trees down in and around Mt. Airy and Cornelia. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | - | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cornelia | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Cornelia | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Cornelia | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cornelia | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cornelia | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Flash Flood | Cornelia | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Loudermilk Boarding House | 0.3 miles | 2001 |
| Cornelia Commercial Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2022 | |
| Irvin General Merchandise Store | 0.5 miles | 1984 | |
 | Chenocetah Fire Tower | 1.0 miles | 1984 |
| Lawton Place | 1.1 miles | 2009 | |
 | Pyle-Davis House | 3.8 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002445 in Record Group 79. |
| Habersham County | All 37 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.